Esona sizathu sokudutyulwa kwejeti yaseTurkey

I-United States kunye nabalingani bayo be-NATO banikezele ngesiko lokumanyanisa i-NATO emva kokuba amagosa aseTurkey eveze elityala ukuba ukudubula komjelo waseRussia kwenzeke emva kokuba izindiza ezimbini zingene kwi-airpace yaseTurkey.

Ummeli waseTurkey ingxelo udlale ukurekhodwa kwenqaku lokulumkisa abaqhubi beenqwelo moya baseTurkey F16 abakhuphele iJets ngaphandle kwempendulo yaseRussia, kwaye i-US namanye amazwe angamalungu e-NATO axhasa ilungelo laseTurkey lokuzikhusela kwi-airpace yayo.

Isithethi seSebe lezoKhuselo lase-US uColonel Steve Warren zixhaswe ibango laseTurkey lokuba izilumkiso ze10 zikhutshwe ngaphezulu kwemizuzu emihlanu. Ulawulo luka-Obama ngokucacileyo luveze inkxalabo encinci malunga nokuba iinqwelomoya zaseRussia ziye zangena kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseTurkey. Col Warren avunywa ukuba amagosa aseMelika asaza kumisa apho ibikhona inqwelo moya yaseRussia xa bekuphoswa inqwelomoya.

Nangona ulawulo luka-Obama lungazukuyivuma, idatha esele ikho ixhasa ibango laseRashiya lokuba umlo waseTurkey wayedubula, njengoko uMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin watshoyo, "umgqugqisi" owayelungiselelwe ngononophelo kwangaphambili.

Ibango eliphambili laseTurkey lokuba abaqhubi beenqwelo moya ze-F-16 yayilumkise amaxesha amabini e-Russian 10 ngexesha lemizuzu emihlanu eyona nto iphambili kukuba iTurkey ibingathethi inyani ngokudubula.

I-Russian Su-24 "Fencer" jet fighter, ethelekiswa ne-US F111, iyakwazi ngesantya se I-960 iikhilomitha ngeyure nganye, kodwa kwindawo ephezulu isantya sokuhamba sijikeleza i-870 mph, okanye malunga ne-13 yeekhilomitha ngomzuzu. Umkhweli wenqwelomoya yesibini qi nisiwe emva kokuhlangulwa kwakhe ukuba iiSu-24 zazibhabha ngesantya esijikelezayo ngexesha lokubaleka.

Uhlalutyo olusondeleyo lwazo zombini Imifanekiso yaseTurkey neyaseRashiya yendlela ye-radar yeejethi zaseRussia zibonisa ukuba eyona ndawo yayiphambili kuyo nayiphi na yeendlela zaseRussia yayisendleleni enokuthi itolikwe njengeyithatha kwindawo yomoya waseTurkey yayi malunga ne-16 yeekhilomitha ukusuka kumda waseTurkey- kuthetha ukuba yayingumzuzu nje kunye nemizuzwana eyi-20 kude nomda.

Ngaphaya koko ngokweenguqulelo zombini zendlela yokubhabha, imizuzu emihlanu ngaphambi kokudubula kweenqwelomoya zaseRussia ngebezibhabhela ngasempuma- kude ukusuka kumda weTurkey.

Ukuba abaqhubi beenqanawa zaseTurkey ngokwenene baqala ukulumkisa iJets kwimizuzu emihlanu ngaphambi kokudubula, ngenxa yoko, babeqhuba ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba indiza yaze yafika kwicala eliqhelekileyo lokuqikelelwa komda waseTurkey kwiphondo laseLatakia.

Ukuze kuqhutywe uqhankqalazo, enyanisweni, abaqhubi beenqwelomoya baseTurkey kwakuza kufuneka babe semoyeni kwaye balungele ukubetha ngokukhawuleza xa besazi ukuba inqwelomoya yaseRussia ibhabha.

Ubungqina obuvela kubaphathi baseTurkey ngokwabo ke bushiya indawo encinci yokuthandabuza ukuba isigqibo sokudubula i-jet yaseRashiya senziwe ngaphambi kokuba iijethi zaseRashiya ziqalise ukuhamba kwazo.

Isizathu soqhankqalazo sasinxulumene ngqo nendima yaseTurkey yokuxhasa imikhosi yokulwa ne-Assad ecaleni komda. Ngapha koko urhulumente wase-Erdogan akenzanga mzamo wokufihla injongo yakhe kwiintsuku eziphambi koqhankqalazo. Kwindibano kunye nozakuzaku waseRussia nge20 ngo-Novemba, umphathiswa wezangaphandle watyhola amaRussia "ngokuqhushumisa ibhombu" yeelali zaseTurkmen Kunokubakho “iziphumo ezibi kakhulu” Ngaphandle kokuba amaRussia ayiphelisile imisebenzi yabo kwangoko.

Inkulumbuso yaseTurkey u-Ahmet Davutoglu ibicacile ngakumbi, echaza ukuba imikhosi yezokhuseleko yaseTurkey "iyalelwe ukuba iphindezele kuyo nayiphi na intuthuko enokusongela ukhuseleko lomda waseTurkey". UDavutoglu uqhube wathi: "Ukuba kukho uhlaselo oluya kukhokelela ekungeneni okukhulu kweembacu eTurkey, amanyathelo afunekayo aya kuthathwa ngaphakathi eSyria naseTurkey."

Isoyikiso saseTurkey sokuziphindezela - hayi ngokuchasene nokungena kweRussia kwindawo yayo yomoya kodwa ukuphendula iimeko ezichazwe ngokubanzi kumda - zeza phakathi kwamva nje kuthotho lweemfazwe phakathi kukarhulumente waseSyria kunye nabalweli benkolo. Indawo apho inqwelomoya yadutyulwa khona inabantu abambalwa baseTurkmen. Baye bangabalulekanga kakhulu kunabalweli bamazwe angaphandle kunye neminye imikhosi eye yaqhuba uluhlu lwezenzo ezigwenxa kwindawo ukususela phakathi kwe-2013 ejoliswe ekusongeleni uMongameli uAssad u-Alawite u-redoubt oyintloko kunxweme kwiphondo laseLatakia.

UCharles Lister, ingcali yase-Bhritane owayetyelele iphondo laseLatakia rhoqo e2013, iqatshelwe kudliwanondlebe lwe-2013 ka-Agasti, "ULatakia, ukuya kuthi ga encotsheni esemantla [okoko kwindawo yeNtaba yeTurkmen], yindawo eluqilima yamaqela aphambili alwela ilizwe phantse unyaka ngoku." Uye waphawula ukuba, emva kokuba i-Islamic State (IS) ivele emantla, i-al-Nusra Front kunye nabalingane bayo kule ndawo "bafikelele" kwi-ISIL kwaye elinye lamaqela alwa eLatakia 'laba liqela elingaphambili' le-ISIL.

Ngo-Matshi 2014 abavukeli beenkolo baqalisa ukona okukhulu ngenkxaso yeTurkey enkulu yokuthimba idolophu yase-Armenia iKessab kunxweme lweMeditera eLatakia ekufutshane nomda waseTurkey. Iphephandaba Istanbul, iBagcilar, ucaphule kwilungu lekomiti yezangaphandle yaseTurkey njengokunika ingxelo kubemi belali abahlala kufutshane nomda ukuba amawaka alwe ayedlula kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zomda kwiimoto ezineeplati zaseSyria zokuthatha inxaxheba kukothuko.

Ngeli xesha lokucaphukisa, ngaphezu koko, ijethi yaseSyria eyaphendula ngokuchasene neKessab udutyulwe ngumkhosi womkhosi waseTurkey ngokuhambelana okumangalisayo nokuhle ezantsi kwejetti yaseRussia. I-Turkey ibanga ukuba i-jet iyaphule i-airpace yayo kodwa ayizange ibonakale ngathi inikezele isilumkiso ngaphambili. Injongo yokuzama ukuthintela iSyria ekusebenziseni inqwelo moya ukuba ikhusele idolophu yayicacile.

Ngoku idabi kwiphondo laseLatakia litshintshele kwindawo yaseBayirbucak, apho umkhosi womoya waseSyria kunye nemikhosi yasemhlabeni sele ukuzama ukusika imigca yokubonelela phakathi kweelali ezilawulwa yiNusra Front kunye nabalingane bayo kunye nomda waseTurkey kwiinyanga ezininzi. Ilali ephambili kwindawo yaseNusra Front yolawulo yiSalma, ebikade isezandleni ze-jihadist okoko i-2012. Ungenelelo loMkhosi Womoya waseRussia edabini unike ithuba elitsha kumkhosi waseSyria.

Ukudutyulwa kweTurkey kungoko kwakuyinzame yokuphelisa amaRussia ekubeni aqhubeke nokusebenza kule ndawo ngokuchasene ne-al-Nusra Front kunye namadlelane ayo, bengasebenzisi enye kodwa zibe zimbini ezibalaseleyo: ngakwicala elinye elinetyala lomda waseRussia. Ukungena phakathi kwabalingani beNATO, kwelinye icala lokuhlaselwa kwabemi baseTurkmen kubaphulaphuli basekhaya baseTurkey.

Ukungavumi kolawulo luka-Obama ukulungisa umba othile wokudutyulwa kwendiza kubonisa ukuba iyayazi kakuhle loo nto. Kodwa ulawulo luzimisele kakhulu kumgaqo-nkqubo wokusebenza kunye neTurkey, Saudi Arabia kunye neQatar ukunyanzela utshintsho kolawulo ukutyhila inyani ngesi sigameko.

Impendulo ka-Obama kule ndawo yokudubula yabhuqa ibeka le ngxaki kwimikhosi yase-Russia eyinxalenye yeSyria. "Basebenza kufutshane nomda waseTurkey," watsho, kwaye ukuba amaRussia aza kugxila kuphela eDaesh, "ezinye zeengxabano okanye ezinokubangela iimpazamo okanye ukunyuka kunqabile ukuba zenzeke."

-Gareth Porter Yintatheli ezimeleyo yophando kunye nophumeleleyo amabhaso we-2012 Gellhorn yobuntatheli. Ungumbhali we-Candelo leMveliso esandula ukupapashwa: Ibali elingelulo le-Iran Nuclear Scare.